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No. 626,500. Patented June 6, I899 J. L. MGCULLUUGH.

TARGET GALLERY AND APPLIANCE.

(Application filed Dec. 13, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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UNInD STATES JOHN L. MOOULLOUGH,

TARGET GALLERY OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AND APPLIANCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,500, dated June 6,1899. Application filed December 13, 1897. herial No. 661,770. (Nomodel.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN L. McGULLoUcH, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, (Brooklyn,) Kings county, New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Target Galleries and Appliances,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to target-galleries wherein a gun is to be firedat a target; and it consists in a series of movable and interchangeabletargets, with means for coating or whitening the target.

In the accompanying drawings,which serve to illustrate the invention,Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section on line to in Fig. 2 of atarget-gallery embodying my improvements, and Fig. 2 is a verticaltransverse section of the same on line 05 in Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 arefragmentary Views, on alarger scale, illustrating the mechanism foroperating the target by hand.

As the target'gallery embodying this invention is well adapted for usewith a magazinegun connected with the gallery and adapted to be releasedfor firing by coin-controlled means, such a gun is shown in the generalview, Fig. 1, together with the battery B,which supplies the electriccircuit connecting the gun with the coin-controlled apparatus; but thisforms no part of the present invention.

In Fig. 1, 0 represents the gallery-casing as a whole, which may as wellbe a room fitted up for the purpose. In this figure the gallery isrepresented as broken away at the middle merely to show that it may beof any desired length.

S represents as a whole the firing-stand at the front end of the casingO and forming, usually a part of the latter.

G represents as a whole the magazine-gun The details of the gallery nowto be described are designated byreference letters and numerals.

1 represents the tunnelin the casin g, through which the shots arefired. This tunnel may taper toward the target and may be cylindrical incross-section. Within the targetchamber 2 of the casing is mounted aseries of connected targets 3, adapted to be brought in succession infront of the target end of the tunnel 1. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2,there are four targets mounted on the respective arms of a frame 4,fixed on the end of a rotatively-mounted horizontal shaft 5 in thecasing, whereby either of the four targets may be brought at will to theend of the tunnel 1. The targets will be of metal by preference and willdiffer by having bullseye apertures in them of different sizes. Back ofthe target in the chamber 2 is hung a gong 6, which will be hit and rungby a bulletpassing through the bulls eye of the target. The shaft 5 forconvenience extends forward to the front of the stand S, where itis'geared to a crank-disk 7,.adapted to be turned by any one to bringany target of the connected series before the end of the tunnel. Inorder to stop the crank-disk when the target is properly placed, aspring-detent S, Fig. 4, mounted in the front of the stand S and havinga rounded or conical end, is adapted to engage one of four recesses 9 inthe back of the crankdisk, as seen in Fig. 3. This detent does not lockthe disk absolutely against rotation, but checks and holds it in amanner to offer some resistance to rotation, thereby holding steady thetarget set in place for firing.

In order that thetarget may be repainted, washed, or whitened, so as toobliterate the marks of the balls, a trough or vessel 10 is set in thecasing C and so arranged that the moving targets must pass through itand be submerged in its contents when the series or set of targets is.moved in shifting them. This vessel 10 will contain a liquid paint orwash such as zinc oxid and water, for eXampleand as the target-is movedthrough this wash it becomes coated,so as to remove or obliterate allmarks. The axis about which the targets revolve is substantiallyparallel with the axis of the gallery 0, and consequently the targetsmove edgewise through the vessel 10.

In the construction shown the targets are in a connected series and arearranged symmetrically about a common axis or shaft. The shaft 5 isshown in Figs. 1 and 4 as driven from the crank 7 by gearing; but thisis only a convenience for lowering the crank below the top of the standS. It isnot' material to the invention.

The target before the end of the tunnel 1 may beilluminated by anincandescentlight 25, as seen in Fig. 1, or by any other simpleilluminating means.

The gun G is connected in circuit by means of the strong cord 24, Fig.1, which incloses the circuit-wires.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim 1.. Ina target apparatus, "the combination with a tubular gallery,and a series of connected targets having central apertures of 'differentsizes forming bulls-eyes, of mechanism for moving said targets so as tobring ,them intoview successively, substantially as set forth.

2. Ina target apparatus, the combination witha tubular gallery and aseries of con nected targets arranged symmetrically and rotatively abouta shaft, the saidshaft, and mechanismfor rotating the shaft in order tobring the targets into View successively, substantially as set forth.

3. In a target apparatus, the combination with a tunnel to form a firingrange, of a series of metallic targets having bulls-eye apertures inthem of different sizes, a gong sittaining a target-wash situated undersaid series of targets in such position that the lower target will beimmersed in the contents of the vessel, substantially as set forth. Inwitness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

'JOHN LMocUL oUeH.

Witnesses:

PETER A. Boss, HENRY CONNETT.

